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>From: Darien Davis <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200106061701.f56H1kp29863 >I thought at one point that I heard Unidata had software to integrate >netcdf files into Gempak -- instead of data being decoded and stored >into gempak format, it was stored in netcdf files. Is this true? We are >trying to port the ncep/gempak decoders into awips for the >National Weather Service and are interested >if you have tried a similar exercise. In particular, we are looking at >the >aireps/pireps decoder and the synoptic decoder. > >Thanks for any info! >Darien Davis >Forecast Systems Lab > Darien, I created GEMPAK library routines to read NetCDF grid files. But, the NetCDF files are big and bulky- and hard to add parameters to when you compute new grids, times, or other dimensions. I haven't done any other development for non-GEMPAK formats. Steve Chiswell